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Heart Conduit to the Lung Artery

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 33608

Open-heart surgery for a complex heart defect present from birth. A tube, or conduit, is built or replaced to carry blood from a pumping chamber of the heart to the artery that supplies the lungs, giving blood a proper route to pick up oxygen.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart Conduit to the Lung Artery cost?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,995$1,905 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$2,239 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $3,715
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,748.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in California than in Mississippi. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$2,138

CA $12,589MS $1,995

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.